The Uganda National Household Survey 2012/2013 is the fifth in a series of consumption surveys conducted by Uganda Bureau of Statistics.The Uganda National Household Survey is nationally representative and it was designed to provide estimates for the whole country, urban and rural areas, and for ten (10) sub-regions.

ID Number

UGA-UBOS-UBOS-2012-v01

Version

Version Description

- v1.2: Edited data, second version, for internal use only

Production Date

2014-02-28

Overview

Abstract

The Uganda National Household Survey 2012/13 is the latest in a series of household surveys that Uganda Bureau of Statistics has undertaken. The survey collected information on socio-economic characteristics at both household and community levels. The main objective of the survey was to collect high quality data on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of households for monitoring development performance of key indicators in the various sectors.

The UNHS 2012/13 comprised of four modules namely: the SocioEconomic, Labour Force, Community, and Market price modules. The survey collected much more information besides what has been included in the final report; which is useful for informing policy formulation and overall development planning.

The UBOS calls upon all stakeholders to utilise the wealth of available data collected over the years to undertake in-depth analysis so as to better inform future policy debate.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

The units of analysis for the Uganda National Household Survey 2012/2013 are: individuals, households, and communities.

2. The Labour force module focused on data that is used to estimate the total labour force as well as derive other labour related indicators. The questionnaire focused on the activity status of persons aged five years and above, unemployment and those not in the labour force; employment; hours of work, earnings and care labour activities.

3. The Community Survey module focused on information about the general characteristics of the community (LC I); access to community facilities; community services and other amenities; economic infrastructure; agriculture and markets; education and health

infrastructure.

4. The Market price module was undertaken to provide standard equivalents of non-standard units through weighing items sold in markets. This entailed visiting some markets in the sampled Enumeration Areas (EAs) and weighing the various items being sold. In

cases where there was no market/ trading centre, the market frequented most by the residents of the sampled EA would be visited and measurements taken. Different local prices and their non-standard units which in many cases are used in selling various items were collected in this module. Since the price and units of measurement for different items vary across regions and in some cases across districts, they were measured and an equivalent in standard units recorded.

Topics

Topic

Vocabulary

URI

Economics

CESSDA

http://www.surveynetwork.org/toolkit

Trade, Industry and Markets

CESSDA

http://www.surveynetwork.org/toolkit

Labour and Employemnt

CESSDA

http://www.surveynetwork.org/toolkit

Keywords

Economics

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage.

Universe

The survey covered all de jure household members.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name

Affiliation

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Other Producer(s)

Name

Affiliation

Role

Economic Policy Research Centre

Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Data analysis

District Local Governments

Ministry of Local Government

Data collection support

Funding

Name

Abbreviation

Role

Government of Uganda

GoU

Funding of entire survey

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name

Abbreviation

Affiliation

Role

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

UBOS

Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Documentation of the survey

Date of Metadata Production

2016-10-10

DDI Document Version

Version 1.0 (October 2014). This is the first documentation of this survey.